Sammy Eni

Remaining innovative in a highly-competitive market — regardless of the industry — is an essential step toward success. That’s because this increases brand awareness, improves reputation and helps in the production of cutting-edge products. Sammy Eni, whose years of experience in research and development, has helped him build a strong record of career highlights accomplished as a scientist who is capable of product development and management. Many of these gains have come after much research and patent disclosures, which are explored in more detail below.

Some milestones in the successful career of Sammy Eni include the development of SNUS and moist products with plant-based botanical extracts; launching a method for extracting protein, starch, nutraceuticals and nicotine from tobacco plant leaves, which was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; and development of plant-based antioxidant filters for tobacco product that target the most harmful components of cigarette smoke. As a research and design scientist, one of Sammy Eni’s patent disclosures focused on the novel curing and oxidation process for tobacco leaves, which cut the curing time in half. Another patent disclosure was for “RuBisCO Protein Fibers,” which was acquired by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in 2017 for the development of protein films and filters.

During his career, Sammy Eni has proven his skills as a reduce-risk product developer many times over. It is with his accomplishments such as his promotion to senior development and project scientist to develop novel tobacco product categories that demonstrate his leadership capabilities. Additional successes in the field include solving flavor inconsistencies in tobacco products by increasing desirable flavor compounds, thus boosting consumer satisfaction.